44 South Street Romford RM1 1RB Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Prior Approval application for Change of use of upper floor storage above a retail unit to form 2 No. 1Bed-2 Person flats with internal alteration, cycle parking and bins. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 25 Mar 2026 · Last checked 6 Sept 2026
Site constraints 7
Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, Transport for London (public transport access levels, Powered by TfL Open Data, OGL v3.0, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £627,500 in June 2025. Terraced house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in November 2024, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Havering
- Postcode
- RM1 1RB
- Received
- 26 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 28 Jan 2026
- Ward
- St Edwards
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 25 Mar 2026
- Decision
- Prior App COU Refuse (Appealed) Conditions/Reasons
- Decision date
- 25 Mar 2026
- Appeal
- Dismissed · 28 Aug 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6009193 ↗
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Show
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 56 days from validation, 4 days faster than Havering's median of 60 for changes of use. Refused, as 45% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Havering in the last twelve months, from validation. Havering decision record →
Historical activity at this location
26 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
Havering is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #202 out of 296. 47% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Havering is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 83% approved vs 90% nationally.
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
Freehold owner and leaseholders: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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